Discovery of Superconductive Tunneling

Some times unlikely events happens: How can a mechanical engineer from Norway end up with a Nobel Prize in Physics? I had the great fortune to receive the prize in Physics for using electron tunneling to measure the energy gap in superconductors. In this talk I will recollect some of the events that led to this discovery and hopefully be able to convey to you some of the fun and excitement of that area. My great fortune was really to be at the right place at the right time, where I had access to outstanding and helpful physicists. If you become real interested, you may look up the talk at the web site http://nobelprize.org/ .